What are these?

[Beanie]

Passed these near a speed sign, what are they?

No crossing there, but there was one of them speed board signs that tells you your current speed so you can beat your high score.

[jondude]

That really is not far off the image of the '1984' Big Brother screens in everyone's home. Looking for mobile phone use or no seat belt, perhaps?

[Biker 1]

I reckon they're average speed cameras. I've seen similar in Bexhill & also between Brighton marina & the pier.
Whereabouts is that? It might show up on a speed camera map: https://www.scdb.info/en/karte/

[Beanie]

Here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/r7feT7qbwNpwzJwg9

[nute]

Don’t know, infra red sensors of some type?

There is an inductive loop in to road just by them too, wonder what that’s for?

[BlueJazz]

Infra-red lights to illuminate your number plate after dark.

[Beanie]

For what purpose?

[Aretnap]

jondude said:

That really is not far off the image of the '1984' Big Brother screens in everyone's home. Looking for mobile phone use or no seat belt, perhaps?

This triggers an alternative version of Godwin's Law.

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/everyt...

[donkmeister]

Someone (won't name them to spare blushes) changed his mind when he said speed cameras were 2/3rds Orwellian, I see.

Or... Was that Big Brother dragging you away for re-education?

[donkmeister]

I don't know what OP's picture shows, but I had a similar pondering when I entered a 30mph zone and the following suddenly became visible having been obscured by a tree:



Of course, the Google Streetview version adds a bit of clarity



Now, I'm not saying that every odd-looking post of equipment is a weather station, but at least one of them is.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/YXFHFEtVVndoJxN86

[donkmeister]

Aha... Looks like a match.

https://www.highwaysindustry.com/new-speed-cameras...

[donkmeister]

Beanie said:

Here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/r7feT7qbwNpwzJwg9

As an aside, what's being obscured by the ruddy great smudge on the other side of the damn/bridge? They've done a proper job hiding that!

[mac96]

donkmeister said:

Beanie said:

Here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/r7feT7qbwNpwzJwg9

As an aside, what's being obscured by the ruddy great smudge on the other side of the damn/bridge? They've done a proper job hiding that!

Could it be the Hercules Linton Memorial? Because some moron is offended by women's' breasts even when represented as a ship's figurehead?

[Beanie]

Weirdly, there's no speed cameras listed on any website in that location or on Waze

[Simpo Two]

donkmeister said:

Someone (won't name them to spare blushes) changed his mind when he said speed cameras were 2/3rds Orwellian, I see.

Or... Was that Big Brother dragging you away for re-education?

Ha, well I made the mistake of taking it seriously for a moment...!

(They qualified on the grounds of propaganda and surveillance)

[WilliamWoollard]

They'll be IR lights to illuminate vehicle number plates for the cameras on the nearby pole. For ANPR or average speed.

[E-bmw]

WilliamWoollard said:

They'll be IR lights to illuminate vehicle number plates for the cameras on the nearby pole. For ANPR or average speed.

They aren't, see 21:11 above.

[Griffith4ever]

donkmeister said:

I don't know what OP's picture shows, but I had a similar pondering when I entered a 30mph zone and the following suddenly became visible having been obscured by a tree:



Of course, the Google Streetview version adds a bit of clarity



Now, I'm not saying that every odd-looking post of equipment is a weather station, but at least one of them is.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/YXFHFEtVVndoJxN86

Bit of a mix there:

If you are putting infrastructure in , might as well add cams.

[Mr Miata]

It’s a chemtrail dispenser for the illuminati

[donkmeister]

Griffith4ever said:

Bit of a mix there:

If you are putting infrastructure in , might as well add cams.

My theory is that this is a community weather station with community webcam feed. Maybe a nimby wanted to check people were using the approved route to get to Woburn Safari Park instead of driving through the village. A local road for local people.